Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend

Bonnie and Clyde may be the most notorious--and celebrated--outlaw couple America has ever known. This is the true story of how they got that way.

Bonnie and Clyde: we've been on a first name basis with them for almost a hundred years. Immortalized in movies, songs, and pop culture references, they are remembered mostly for their storied romance and tragic deaths. But what was life really like for Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker in the early 1930s? How did two dirt-poor teens from west Texas morph from vicious outlaws to legendary couple? And why?

Award-winning author Karen Blumenthal devoted months to tracing the footsteps of Bonnie and Clyde, unearthing new information and debunking many persistent myths. The result is an impeccably researched, breathtaking nonfiction tale of love, car chases, kidnappings, and murder set against the backdrop of the Great Depression.

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/14/2018
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780451471222
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 503042 / Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2018
Booklist 06/01/2018 pg. 72
School Library Journal 07/01/2018 pg. 92
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2018 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2018 - Book Of Special Distinction
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2019 pg. 110
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Karen Blumenthal is a critically acclaimed children's nonfiction writer and former journalist for the Wall Street Journal. She is the author of seven nonfiction books for young readers including Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, and Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition. She lives in Dallas, Texas.